What forms of medical cannabis are qualifying patients allowed to purchase and use?

Medical cannabis will only be available in the following forms under the Utah Medical Cannabis Act:

• Tablet
• Capsule
• Concentrated oil
• Liquid suspension
• Transdermal preparation
• Gelatinous cube
• Unprocessed cannabis flower in a tamper-evident and a resistant container that is opaque that contains a quantity that varies no more than 10% from the stated weight at the time of packaging
• Wax or resin
• Medical cannabis devices such as a vaping pen that warms cannabis material into a vapor without the use of a flame and that delivers cannabis to an individual’s respiratory system

Smoking cannabis is not permitted.

The law prohibits candies, cookies, brownies, and other edible products.

What are the qualifying conditions for a medical card?

Qualifying conditions under the Utah Medical Cannabis Act are listed below:

• HIV or acquired immune deficiency syndrome
• Alzheimer’s disease
• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• cancer
• cachexia
• persistent nausea that is not significantly responsive to traditional treatment, except for nausea related to:
• pregnancy
• cannabis-induced cyclical vomiting syndrome
• cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome
• Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis
• epilepsy or debilitating seizures
• multiple sclerosis or persistent and debilitating muscle spasms
• post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that is being treated and monitored by a licensed health therapist (defined here), and that:
• has been diagnosed by a healthcare provider by the Veterans Administration and documented in the patient’s record; or
• has been diagnosed or confirmed by evaluation from a psychiatrist, masters prepared psychologist, a masters prepared licensed clinical social worker, or a psychiatric APRN
• autism
• a terminal illness when the patient’s life expectancy is less than six months
• a condition resulting in the individual receiving hospice care
• a rare condition or disease that affects less than 200,000 individuals in the U.S., as defined in federal law, and that is not adequately managed despite treatment attempts using conventional medications (other than opioids or opiates) or physical interventions
• persistent pain lasting longer than two weeks that is not adequately managed, in the qualified medical provider’s opinion, despite treatment attempts using conventional medications other than opioids or opiates or physical interventions
• acute pain that is expected to last for 2 weeks or longer for an acute condition, including a surgical procedure, for which a medical professional may generally prescribe opioids for a limited duration

Where can I get updates from the DHHS medical cannabis program?

Monthly updates and other news can be found here.

To sign up for the DHHS Center for Medical Cannabis Monthly Update emails, click here.

Does Utah law limit Qualified Medical Providers (QMP) in their relationships with cannabis-related businesses?

A QMP may not:

• act as a medical cannabis pharmacy agent;
• have a financial or voting interest of 2% or greater in a medical cannabis pharmacy;
• have the power to direct or cause the management or control of a medical cannabis pharmacy; or
• receive any compensation or benefit for the qualified medical provider’s medical cannabis treatment recommendation from a:
  • cannabis production establishment or an owner, officer, director, board member, employee, or agent of a cannabis production establishment;
  • medical cannabis pharmacy or an owner, officer, director, board member, employee, or agent of a medical cannabis pharmacy; or
  • qualified medical provider or pharmacy medical provider.

Are there any terms not allowed for use in cannabis pharmacy advertising?

• A medical cannabis pharmacy is prohibited from using a term associated with a recreational disposition in their name or logo including:
  • weed
  • pot
  • reefer
  • grass
  • hash
  • ganja
  • Mary Jane
  • high
  • buzz
  • haze
  • stoned
  • joint
  • bud
  • smoke
  • euphoria
  • dank
  • doobie
  • kush
  • frost
  • cookies
  • rec
  • bake
  • blunt
  • combust
  • bong
  • budtender
  • dab
  • blaze
  • toke
  • 420